SEB's second quarter 2018 result
"Following the muted start of the year activity picked up across customer segments in the second quarter. Among the large corporate clients demand for advisory and event-driven financing increased and we saw higher demand for traditional bank lending. Financial institutions were also more active. Small and medium-sized companies in Sweden increasingly demanded new financing and the mortgage loan portfolio grew at around 3 per cent year-on-year. Business sentiment continued to be positive in the Baltic countries and lending to both private and corporate customers increased. The higher